TABLE Z-1.—Unmanufactured zinc-United States production, foreign trade, consumption, ratios of net imports to production and consumption and average market prices, 1938-57 2.5 42, 721 1940. 31, 163 73, 884 $4.610 4,818 665, 068 69,066 64, 204 782, 169 11.0 8.8 729, 272 110, 250 5. 110 1941. 10,666 120, 916 749, 125 79, 539 41, 377 81, 154 830,279 909, 079 5.7 4.6 235, 131 6.335 1942 40, 744 275, 875 89, 309 186, 566 768, 025 1,075, 416 22.5 72, 987 17.3 841, 012 380, 473 7.474 39, 709 420. 182 1943. 133, 938 744, 196 84, 225 286, 244 828, 421 946, 498 34.0 30.2 547, 250 8.250 1944. 61, 301 608, 551 97, 439 511, 112 718, 642 1,049, 734 113, 161 61.7 831, 803 48.7 416, 333 1945. 69, 229 8.250 485, 562 21, 576 614, 358 463, 986 91, 266 1, 181, 069 55.8 705, 624 39.3 337, 384 8. 250 1946. 104, 059 441, 443 574, 833 7,782 433, 661 1. 110, 090 61.5 77,223 652, 056 213, 424 39.1 108, 152 8.250 1947. 321, 576 637, 608 47, 313 274, 263 74, 979 1,045, 845 42.1 26.2 712, 587 312, 372 1948. 77, 168 8.726 389, 540 629, 977 108, 073 74, 190 704, 167 281, 467 1,040, 027 39.5 186, 848 27.1 10. 500 1949. 102, 768 289, 616 69, 084 593, 203 220, 532 51, 651 644, 854 995, 936 31.3 22.2 13. 589 166, 706 1950.. 129, 296 296, 002 63, 203 623, 375 232, 799 826,253 36. 1 74, 097 697, 472 249, 102 28.2 12. 144 1951. 158, 194 407, 296 20, 268 681, 189 387, 028 68, 174 1, 148, 992 55.5 749, 363 33.6 239, 403 94, 646 13.866 1952 334, 049 44, 212 666, 001 289, 837 74, 665 1, 126, 248 38.7 740, 666 25.7 581, 966 116, 543 18,000 1953. 698, 509 62, 056 547, 430 64, 235 636, 453 1,017, 147 86.0 611, 665 62.6 16. 215 464, 327 1954. 233, 569 697, 896 473, 471 21, 922 675, 974 72,657 1955.. 546, 128 1, 156, 611 110.5 58.4 504, 770 161, 225 10.855 665, 995 514, 671 41, 684 624, 311 83, 549 1,025, 036 114.3 598, 220 60.9 407, 739 1956. 195, 343 10. 681 603, 082 39, 681 542, 340 563, 401 73, 746 616, 086 1, 292, 373 94.2 43.6 485, 789 12. 299 1957 7 245, 328 731, 117 520, 128 23, 734 707, 383 70,000 590, 128 1, 154, 490 114.8 61.3 470,000 13.494 275,000 745,000 12,500 732, 500 990, 142 124. 1 74.0 11.399 1 Represents recoverable zinc content of domestic ores, concentrates, and tailings. 3 Imports: Zinc content of ores, concentrates, gross weight of zinc blocks, pigs, and slabs, 4 Data represents all slab consumed (estimating that U. S. Bureau of Mines account for 96 percent of all slab zinc consumed) plus the zinc content of pigments and salts made directly from ores, including the estimated quantity of zinc recovered from old scrap and consumed in forms other than slab. These data do not include withdrawals for the Average market price of Prime Western Zinc, f. o. b., East St. Louis, as reported by • Not available. 7 Estimates. Source: U. S. Bureau of Mines; U. S. Department of Commerce. ZINC SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION IN UNITED STATES AND IN FREE WORLD Table Z-2.—Zinc, in the United States * Industry stocks: (a) Smelter gained from Jan. 1, 1952, to Dec. 31, 1957, 144,474; (b) consumers gained from Jan. 1, 1952, to Dec. 31, 1957, 23,068. Supply in the United States for the 6-year period exceeded industrial consumption and exports by 1,169,882 tons, or 15.8 percent. The excesses by year were: 1952, 29 percent; 1953, 13.8 percent; 1954, 16 percent; 1955, 7.5 percent; 1956, 17.4 percent; and 1957, 14.2 percent. TABLE Z-3.-Zinc, 1954 to mid-1957; free-world mine production-Free-world consumption, primary zinc, and free-world excess production 4 Excess of supply over industrial requirements varied from -1.5 percent in 1955 to 9.2 percent in 1956 and averaged 3.9 percent for the 3-year period. Source: U. S. Department of the Interior. 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 TABLE Z-5.-Unmanufactured zinc-Imports for consumption-Principal foreign suppliers [Zinc content in short tons] 313, 227 341, 112 371, 802 401, 762 376, 491 110, 195 119, 302 154, 410 195, 909 154, 951 250, 920 228, 204 Percent.. 284, 967 43.72 43 53.57 62.55 45. 43 67.49 56.8 75.69 Mexico: 433, 357 270, 796 62. 48 238, 691 246, 638 191,098 115, 284 115, 692 155, 844 120, 647 296, 120 174, 690 186, 852 88.53 58.42 58.83 63.25 60.78 118. 15 73. 19 75.76 296, 959 186, 325 62.74 Peru: 96, 869 111, 504 139, 423 151, 759 172, 631 8, 105 20, 518 16, 390 55, 273 50, 334 55, 273 12.64 31.63 20.64 57.06 45. 14 39.63 77, 834 51.29 100, 257 58.08 183, 072 70, 579 38.55 261, 520 23, 054 8.82 786, 368 92,308 11.74 860, 225 100, 937 11.74 863, 883 88, 467 10. 24 897, 794 68, 769 7.66 974, 385 123, 082 12. 63 Source: Mine production, American Bureau of Metal Statistics. United States Imports for consumption, U. S. Department of Commerce. 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Year 1957 TABLE Z-5.-Mine production of zinc in the United States 52, 999 47, 143 California. 27,530 21, 461 22.684 5, 415 5, 325 7,209 7,551 Colorado. 9, 602 9, 419 5,358 1,415 6, 836 25, 580 8,049 38, 745 45, 164 47, 703 45, 776 55, 714 Idaho. 53, 203 37, 809 35, 150 35, 350 83, 069 40, 246 86, 267 76, 555 87,890 78, 121 74, 317 Montana. 72, 153 61,528 53, 314 49,561 45, 679 59,095 54, 195 67, 678 Nevada.. 85,551 82, 185 80, 271 60, 952 68, 588 16,970 70, 520 20, 288 20, 443 33, 300 58, 642 49, 790 21.606 17,443 15, 357 New Mexico. 5, 812 1,035 2, 670 7,488 44, 103 5,000 41, 502 29, 346 29, 263 45, 419 50, 975 Utah. 13, 373 6 15, 277 35, 010 43, 673 41, 490 40, 670 30, 900 31,678 34, 317 Washington 32, 947 29, 184 34, 031 43, 556 42, 374 13, 800 12, 638 40, 200 10, 740 14, 807 18, 189 Other States and Alaska. 20, 102 32, 786 22, 304 29, 536 67 25, 609 51 23, 139 8 27 28 Central States: 4 TABLE Z-5a.-Production of primary slab zinc in the United States 1 1 U. S. Bureau of Mines. The difference between these totals and those reported by the American Zinc Institute represents mainly the derivation by primary producers from secondary material and inclusion by American Zinc Institute of production from foreign ore. ? Includes a small tonnage of foreign slab zinc further refined into high-grade metal in the United States. Domestic. Foreign... |